“According to several sources familiar with Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch software development kit (SDK) plans, the company will use a March 6 event in Cupertino, California to formally announce a number of potentially controversial limitations on application development and publishing. Our sources spoke on the condition that their comments were not for attribution, independently confirming the following details, and offering differing opinions of their importance,” Jeremy Horwitz reports for iLounge. “We include both the details and opinions below for your reference.”
• Apple iTunes Store as exclusive software distributor
• Apps require Apple stamp of approval
• No accessory connectivity directly with iPhone, iPod touch Dock Connector
Horowitz writes, “Sources told iLounge that the collective impact of Apple’s decisions will be to control and stifle third-party development at a critical juncture in iPhone and iPod history, limiting what could be an open, thriving Mac-like collection of applications and accessories to a smaller, more stagnant iPod-like controlled environment. Consequently, a source suggests, developers who “jailbrake” iPhones and iPods to develop applications will be at an advantage relative to those who use Apple’s official tools. Even after extensive discussions on the subject, however, iLounge remains open-minded to the idea that Apple’s plans will result in net positives for the iPod and iPhone community, and optimistic that the company will loosen its planned restrictions to accommodate the Apple community’s demonstrated, impressive creativity.”
Horowitz reports, “According to our sources, Apple will use the March 6 event to tout the benefits of the SDK to selected media, analysts, and developers, releasing an incomplete, ‘beta’ version of the kit that was originally promised for February.”
Full article here.
Spark… Enema? Whatchyou talkin’ enemas for?
Suck on THAT, MAC dorks.
My M*A*C Studio Mist™ foundation is great, and I love M*A*C Lustreglass™ lip gloss.
But you just can’t beat Mary Kay mascara.
I guess the anti-add on clause is to prevent a Sega Genisis/32x/SegaCD add on attack.
I can picture an iPhone attached to a GPS, attached to a External battery to a external screen attached to a car charger USB converter. plugged into a wall socket converter.
Suck on that, MAC dorks.
Aw… C1 tell us how you really feel!!!
For me and my house – I prefer the creative genius that has allowed me to have an iPhone working jest fine here in Oz… long before march 6th…
oh, yeah:
“Suck on that, MAC dorks.”
…wrapped in bacon, stuffed with mushrooms and bleu cheese.
…wrapped in bacon, stuffed with mushrooms and bleu cheese.
…wrapped in bacon, stuffed with mushrooms and bleu cheese.
…wrapped in bacon, stuffed with mushrooms and bleu cheese.
…wrapped in bacon, stuffed with mushrooms and bleu cheese.
…wrapped in bacon, stuffed with mushrooms and bleu cheese.
Well, there are still lots of unknowns…
First, if this “approval process” is true, at what point in the development process does it come up? Does a company spend tens of thousands of dollars developing an application and then be told by Apple, “Sorry. You can’t do that.”
Do you have to get the approval in advance? How will Apple handle competition? Suppose, for example, I want to write a simple image editor. So does Adobe. Will Apple ding my application because they’d rather have Adobe “Photoshop Elements” on the iPhone than my “QuickPixFix”?
Oh, and two other things:
“Suck on that, Media Access Controller dorks.”
“Suck on that MAC, dorks.”
Here we go again with MAC playing God.
Thier limitations are going to hurt the iPhone in the long run if they keep every iPhone user in the palm of thier hand and say no you can use that on this.
The Phone great but MAC themselves are lame.
BTW… Why didnt MDN have any MAC biased comments on this article? They didnt even finish it with worthless comments like “Microsoft sucks” again.
” . . . wrapped up in a conundrum.”
Isn’t that a Catholic percussion duet?
“Dork on that, MAC sucks.”
“Here we go again with MAC playing God.”
Hold the iPhone, folks. I think we have a new winner.
And “Sucks on. MAC that dork.”
What a boring post. The real story is why did my Airport Express with AirTunes burn out this morning after less than three years of use, and never having been plugged in to anything other than a surge protector?
Sure, Mac trumps PC big time, but in the end the only real decison you’re making is who gets to rip you off for how much, and when.
For RP3, MAC is a tool manufacturer. The Macintosh computer, aka Mac, is created and manufactured by Apple Inc, formerly Apple Computer Inc. Please get your facts straight.
I’m assuming you are saying that the iPhone is great, but Apple and/or the Macintosh are not. You’d be wrong. Dead wrong.
Suck on that, MAC dorks!
I had an Airport Express with Air Tunes, but I accidentally destroyed it with a robotic molotov-cocktail dispenser I am working on.
That sucks, mac dork. on.
conundrum.
I get it!! Co-Nun-Drum!
But it could be more than just two Nuns – it could be a whole nunnery.
Thats what threw me.
Are nuns always catholic? And do they always wear garters and black stockings under their hassocks or habits or whatever?
Now that sucks dork on mac, imho.
So much for open source apps on the iPhone.
Give Android 3 years and it will dominate the industry.
“robotic molotov-cocktail dispenser”
I’ll take ten, please. And I’d like to subscribe to your newsletter.
Thanks.
“Dork, that sucks. MAC on!”
To small MAC:
co–
prefix:
1. Together; joint; jointly; mutually: coeducation.
2. Partner or associate in an activity: coauthor; cofounder.
“Thousands Mock trACk.”
I can see a Fawlty Towers moment coming on….
Written at the bottom of the iPhone SDK agreement…
“No riffraff”.
Suck on that, MAC dorks.
Yeah, we already know this.
@ Whatever…
Because, as a hardware technician, I can tell you that s**t happens.
If you think that there’s something unusual about hardware failure, you’re either mind-numbingly naive, or simply trolling the forums.
Either way,
Suck on that, dork.
@ Sixvodkas
Wow, what a cool screen name, I bet you’re a big drinker and everything.
I don’t care what industry you’re in, if you think it’s OK for an Airport Express to fail after less than three years of use and after no abuse whatsoever, YOU are naive and definately part of the problem. And don’t accuse me of “trolling forums” whatever that means, Mr. Fanboy, I had a IIc probably before you were born. And unlike you, I don’t confuse the fact that I prefer Apple computing with a blind allegiance that ignores probable design/manufacturing flaws or use of low quality internal components.
Shove that in your pie-hole.